The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is strongly density stratified due to large freshwater input from various rivers and heavy precipitation. This strong vertical stratification, along with physical processes, regulates the transport ...

The effects of high hydrostatic pressure on excitatory neuromuscular
transmission in shallow- and deep-living crustaceans were compared.
Pressure caused depression of the amplitude of excitatory junctional
potentials ...

Experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of nutrients, salinity, pH and light:dark cycle on growth rate and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by Chattonella marina, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) ...

Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) raised from eggs under two
photoperiod and two feeding regimes were tested for physiological
changes preparatory for transition from freshwater to seawater. Size,
age, growth rate, ...

Toxin-producing blooms of dinoflagellates in the genus Alexandrium have plagued the inhabitants of the Salish Sea for centuries. Yet the environmental conditions that promote accelerated growth of this organism, a producer ...

Relatively little is known about the role of turbulence in a predator - prey system where the
predator is a passive, pelagic forager. The Campanulariid hydroid Clytia gracilis (Cnidaria,
Hydrozoa) is unusual because it ...

As part of the Georges Bank/North West Atlantic GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics) Program, macrozooplankton and micronekton were collected on 30 Broad Scale Survey Cruises between January – June, 1995 –1999, using ...

We use high-definition seafloor digital imagery and multibeam bathymetric data acquired during the 2007 Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition (AGAVE) to evaluate the volcanic characteristics of the 85°E segment of the ultraslow ...

Flow sensors based on the principle of electromagnetic induction were
investigated as alternatives to commonly used mechanical devices utilizing
rotors and propellers. Prototype sensors were constructed showing ...

The objectives of this study are to determine if larval
walleye pollock from different geographic localities can
be distinguished based on elemental signatures in their
otoliths. By analyzing sagittal otoliths with both ...

Ocean acidification, characterized by elevated partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), generally has negative effects on early life stages of invertebrates. We tested the idea that fertilization is a critical CO2 exposure stage ...

In the Northeast United States, marine vertebrates come into contact with each other and with humans through a variety of mechanisms which allow for the transfer of pathogens from one taxa to another. Though there are many ...

The distribution of dimethylsulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)
and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) was examined in lead water in pack ice of the Weddell
Sea. Samples were taken by pulling water into a syringe from ...

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) produce many vocalisations, including whistles that are unique to the individual producing them. Such “signature whistles” play a role in individual recognition and maintaining group ...

Baleen and sperm whales, belonging to the Order Cetartiodactyla, are the largest and heaviest existent mammals in the world, collectively known as large whales. Large whales have been subjected to a variety of conservation ...

Many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) accumulate readily in polar bears because of their position as apex predators in Arctic food webs. The pregnane X receptor (PXR, formally NR1I2, here proposed to be named promiscuous ...

A 6 yr time series of blue whale Balaenoptera musculus and fin whale B. physalus call detections in the North Pacific Ocean was correlated with 3 oceanographic variables (sea-surface temperature, chlorophyll a concentration, ...

With an extension of > 40 km2 the recently discovered Campeche cold-water coral province located at the northeastern rim of the Campeche Bank in the southern Gulf of Mexico belongs to the largest coherent cold-water coral ...

Reconciling coastal development and the maintenance of a quality
environment represent an enormous management challenge to both
public and private interests. Wise management of coastal areas will
require an understanding ...

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